Kirsty Wark looks back at the cultural impact of Obama after a year in the White House.
Martha Kearney presents a round up of the week's cultural highlights.
Martha Kearney and guests discuss the new movie version of Sex and the City.
Kirsty Wark discusses Yann Martel's new novel and Michael Winterbottom's new film.
Tim Marlow and guests discuss the cultural impact of the World Cup in South Africa.
Kirsty Wark and guests talk about the cultural landscape of Britain after the election.
Kirsty Wark and guests discuss the highlights of the International and Fringe festivals.
Kirsty Wark, Ian Rankin and guests debate the state of fiction and publishing.
Kirsty Wark and guests discuss the highlights of the festival.
Tonight we look at the winners and losers of this year's film awards season which ended with the Oscars. The ceremony got a bit of a thumbs down from the critics who felt that the young hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway lacked chemistry and that the triumph of The Kings Speech made it too predictable. We discuss how relevant the Academy Awards are now that similar ceremonies are multiplying. As often happens, the film that won Best Picture, The King's Speech, also won Best Director, for Tom Hooper. This meant many big name directors lost out, including Darren Aronofsky, the Coen brothers and David Fincher. We look at whether having 10 nominees instead of just 5 has made a difference and whether the same sort of films always win because of the who gets a vote. Annette Bening was unlucky yet again and the Best Actress award went to Natalie Portman. The Fighter took both Best Supporting Actor for Christian Bale and Actress for Melissa Leo - we debate whether the best men and women won. William Skidelsky, books editor of The Observer, asks why so many of the films on the Oscars list were based on true stories. What's wrong with original ideas? And our panelists reveal the films and performances they felt were unfairly neglected this year.
Kirsty Wark is joined by guests including Paul Morley and Natalie Haynes to discuss the Magritte exhibition at Tate Liverpool; Terrence Malick's film The Tree of Life, winner of the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Palme d'Or; and the partnership between Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes in Richard III at the Old Vic.
In the first of three Review Shows live from the Edinburgh Festival, Kirsty Wark is joined by writer Hari Kunzru, comedian and columnist Natalie Haynes and former director of the Edinburgh Film Festival Hannah McGill. On their agenda from the first week of events are items including a new exhibition from David Mach, a new play by Marc Almond and Mark Ravenhill and the pick of the taboo-busting comedy from the Fringe.
Kirsty Wark speaks to Glasgow's famous son just before his 70th birthday.
Kirsty Wark and guests discuss the cultural highlights of the new year.
Features reviews of Yes, Prime Minister and a new exhibition at the Museum of Scotland.
Features reviews of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln and the Royal Academy's Manet exhibition.
Kirsty Wark and guests give their verdict on Dancing on the Edge and Flight.
Martha Kearney and guests mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Sylvia Plath.
In April, Dunfermline-born author Iain Banks announced that he had inoperable gall bladder cancer and was unlikely to live for more than a year. In this interview, he talks to Kirsty Wark about his life, his career as both a writer of mainstream novels and sci-fi, and how he has coped with the prospect of death.